डी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from English dee.

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɖiː/

Noun

डी • (ḍī) m or f (Urdu spelling ڈی)

  1. the letter D (dee)

Declension

Declension of डी (masc ī-stem // fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct डी
ḍī 		डी, डियाँ
ḍī, ḍiyā̃
oblique डी
ḍī 		डियों
ḍiyõ
vocative डी
ḍī 		डियो
ḍiyo

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • ডী (Assamese script)
  • ᬟᬷ (Balinese script)
  • ডী (Bengali script)
  • 𑰚𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀟𑀻 (Brahmi script)
  • ဍီ (Burmese script)
  • ડી (Gujarati script)
  • ਡੀ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌡𑍀 (Grantha script)
  • ꦝꦷ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂙𑂲 (Kaithi script)
  • ಡೀ (Kannada script)
  • ឌី (Khmer script)
  • ຑີ (Lao script)
  • ഡീ (Malayalam script)
  • ᡷᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘚𑘲 (Modi script)
  • ᢎᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦺𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐜𑐷 (Newa script)
  • ଡୀ (Odia script)
  • ꢞꢷ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆝𑆵 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖚𑖱 (Siddham script)
  • ඩී (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩨𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚖𑚯 (Takri script)
  • டீ³ (Tamil script)
  • డీ (Telugu script)
  • ฑี (Thai script)
  • ཌཱི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒛𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨖𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *deyh₁-
    Vedic Sanskrit दी (dī)
    Sanskrit डी (ḍī)

    From earlier दी (dī) with unexpected retroflexion,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *deyh₁- (“to chase”).

    Pronunciation

    Root

    डी • (ḍī)

    1. to fly

    Derived terms

    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root डी (0 c, 3 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root डी (6 c, 0 e)
    Primary Verbal Forms
    • डयते (ḍayate) (Present)
    • डीयते (ḍī́yate) (Present)
    • डयिष्यते (ḍayiṣyate) (Future)
    • डयिता (ḍayitā) (Periphrastic Future)
    • अडयिष्ट (aḍayiṣṭa) (Aorist)
    • डिड्ये (ḍiḍye) (Perfect)
    Secondary Forms
    • डाययति (ḍāyayati) (Causative)
    • अडीडयत् (aḍīḍayat) (Causative Aorist)
    • डिडयिषते (ḍiḍayiṣate) (Desiderative)
    • डेडीयते (ḍeḍīyate) (Intensive)
    Non-Finite Forms
    • डीन (ḍīna) (Past Participle)
    • डीय (ḍīya) (Gerund)
    Derived Nominal Forms
    • डयन (ḍayana)
    • डीयन (ḍīyana)
    • डीन (ḍīna, “a bird's flight”)
    Prefixed Root Forms

    References

    1. ^ Burrow, T[homas] (1971) “Spontaneous Cerebrals in Sanskrit”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London‎[1], volume 34, number 3, page 538 of 538–559

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